Mousterian Core – Prehistoric / middle Paleolithic - Jasper from Fontmaure - France (#47)

Period: Mousterian

Age: circa 80 000 – 40 000 years old

Object: Core

Material: Jasper

Discovery site: Fontmaure / Vellèches city / Vienne département / France

Condition: Very good, no restoration, no modern damage.

Typical jasper from Fontmaure site.

Very nice colored, pale yellow with red veining.

Néandertalians used this jasper to make usual tools.

These tools were much appreciated, some were found quite far from Fontmaure.

Middle Paleolithic Fontmaure is one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world. It is located in the Vienne region, in the middle of France. Artifacts from Fontmaure have been dated 80.000-40.000 years BP and are fashioned by the Neanderthal people. The unique and extremely beautiful artifacts are often made of jasper. This jasper is only found at this site and makes these tools unique in the world. The small and intensively occupied site of Fontmaure was located directly on exposure of high quality jasper. The coincidence between raw material and the occurrence of this intensively occupied open-air sites is one of the most striking characteristics of Middle Paleolithic site distributions in SW France.

Dimensions: 154 x 83 x 42 mm

Weight: 352 g

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